Mahiru Shirota



Mahiru Shirota (城田真昼, Shirota Mahiru) is the protagonist of the manga, Servamp. Mahiru is a 16-years old boy (15 at the beginning of the story), who likes simple and dislikes difficult things.

The story starts off with him picking up a black, stray cat and giving it the name 'Kuro', who then turns out to be the Servamp of Sloth. By Mahiru giving Kuro his name, they form a contract, and from that moment on Mahiru is the Eve of the Servamp of Sloth.

First his lead is a broom, but later on it becomes a spear.

Appearance
Mahiru has short, brown hair covering part of his forehead and framing his face. It is rather messy since it tends to stick out in every direction. He has same-coloured eyes, who are big in comparison to other characters. In illustrations he is often seen to wear orange clothes, since it is stated to be his favourite colour, but apart from that he rather has a wide range of taste. He is seen mostly wearing wider and more comfortable clothes, but also happens to have formal clothes like a tie and vest.

Mahiru is often seen wearing the wrist band Sakuya gave him as a present before their break-off.

Mahiru looks small in comparison to other characters, yet actually has an average height and easily surpasses Misono, who is one of the smallest characters and is often bullied for his height. Mahiru always has a relaxed expression, a wide smile and is rarely seen looking negatively in any way, if he's not annoyed.

Personality
Mahiru has an open personality and is not afraid to show what he's truly feeling. He laughs when he is happy and cries when he is sad, though that happens rather seldom. He says if something is bothering him, so he is for example not afraid to tell Kuro off when he's as always trying to wriggle out of trouble by calling it "a pain in the ass". Mahiru preferring simple over difficult things makes him behave very responsible and trustworthy, since he rather does things himself instead of depending on someone else, most likely because he has never learned depending on others before.

Mahiru has a parental aura to him, since he's grown up by taking care of himself seeing as his mother died young and his uncle had to travel around a lot because of work. For that, he's also very skilled in household work, such as cooking or sewing (as seen in the first chapter). Kuro even goes as far as calling his cleaning an 'obsession' since Mahiru attacked him with a broom the first time he saw Kuro's human form and chose a broom as his Lead, saying he'd rather have something "simple".

Mahiru knows how to encourage others and uses his words wisely, knowing exactly what and what not to say to motivate others. As soon as he has set his eyes on a goal, he won't change his mind, doing everything in his power possible to achieve exactly that.

He has a rather short span of patience, occasionally raising his voice when he is feeling irritated or annoyed, whereas usually Kuro is the cause. Mahiru often acts as the 'mother hen' since he always tends to act more mature than his friends, wherefore he is for example seen trying to stop a fight between Licht and Hyde in the drama CD.

History
Mahiru was at a very young age when his mother died. Since there was no mention of his father, he had no one else left caring for him. People were arguing behind his back as to who would take him in and raise him until his uncle decided to take the task upon himself, being that "Someone" everyone was talking about. Though since his uncle started to spend days away from home because of his work, Mahiru was always alone and started to grow lonely.

Story
When Mahiru was walking home from school, he saw a black cat laying on the sidewalk. Feeling guilty, he decided to take it home and decided to call him Kuro.

The next day, he woke up to find a human in the cat's place. He found out he was one of the dealt sins, the Vampire of Sloth, Sleepy Ash. Mahiru accidentally became the master of him when he called him "Kuro" and fed him his blood. From that day on, he got pulled into the world of vampires.

The story began when a new threat appeared, the Vampire of Melancholy, Tsubaki. Tsubaki wanted to start a war between vampires and humans. Now, Mahiru and Kuro are trying to gather all the true Servamps, Pride, Envy, Wrath, Greed, Gluttony, Lust, and their masters to bring Tsubaki down.

Abilities
Weapons Servamp Bond
 * He can summon his broom which he got from Kuro. In volume 3, it showed him spinning himself and his broom together, making it a strong whirlwind, easily breaking through the ceiling. He still needs to train more.
 * With Kuro drinking Mahiru's blood, he can make Kuro stronger.

Relationships
Sleepy Ash

He is the eldest servamp that ever live, he's Mahiru servamp and Mahiru name him "Kuro" because he's a black cat. His past.....not updated......yet

Sakuya

He is a friend of Mahiru since childhood but its only a false memory that Sakuya created, they only know each other for 1 year. He lives with lies since his was young and his sister lied to him to protect him and dies. It seem that Tsubaki is the one raise his hand for Sakuya and feetch him "home". He used to tries to kill miharu just for miharu to kill him, end up sakuya saving miharu. After the accident, sakuya leave miharu school but he left his name and memories....

Misono Alicein

Also a friend of Mahiru. At first he tried to take away Kuro but end up became Mahiru's friend. He from a family that been signing contrats with servamp in generations, have a servamp name Snow Lilly. (a butterfly)

Mikuni Alicein

Misono brother....

Still

Quotes

 * "For vampires like you guys, right now might seem like just a moment, but… no, it’s the same for humans. A lot of things will change - nothing can stay the same forever. But those moments individually are what I love." (to Kuro, Hyde and Snow Lilly)
 * "Right. I... wanted to become an adult who could face anyone… Yet I've never faced you. I acted like I didn’t know how to... and played the nice guy, but I just ran away from you. Kuro... thanks to you I was able to do so many things I couldn't have done on my own. This time it would have been my turn to help you out with something you couldn't do alone... I’m sorry, Kuro...!” (to Kuro)
 * "I'll call you...Kuro!" (to Kuro)
 * "I like simple!" (to Kuro)
 * "Life will seem brighter. You'll feel better. But only if you...feel the sadness now." (to Tsubaki)
 * "If you start this war...I'll stop you! Guaranteed!" (to Tsubaki)
 * "Are you hurt, Kuro?! Damn that Tsubaki!" (to Kuro after escaping from Tsubaki)
 * "You're baby brother is evil!" (to Kuro)
 * "I...need to do this. All my life, I've been protected. Now it's time to protect others." (to Kuro)
 * "I'll never, ever regret...picking up Kuro. No way." (thinking about what Kuro said)
 * "Meet my stray cat...He's called Kuro. Can I keep him? Please?" (to Uncle Tooru)
 * "Sorry about earlier...I never said thanks...For all your help." (to Kuro)
 * "Never!! His power helped me with Sakuya! I wanna get tough...and be a real partner  to him!!" (to Mikuni when he suggested to bake the bond between him and Kuro)
 * "Of course, you idiot! Why else would I risk my life?!" (to Kuro after he asked him if he trusts him)
 * "Kuro! Do you...laze around at school...to help me relax?" (to Kuro)
 * "Kuro!! Cut the cute kitty act!" (to Kuro)
 * "Oh...Whatever. I...don't really care. Some people see a full moon...Others see only a sliver. Kuro is my partner. I'll ask him about humans and vampires. He knows which weapon is right for me." (to the arguing Mikuni and Hugh)
 * "Huh? Kuro? You never yell like that..." (to Kuro after he suggested the helphelp of C3)
 * "Where's Kuro? He should be here." (to Tsuyuki after being kidnapped)
 * "Only Kuro and I will...decide our fates!!" (to Tsuyuki)
 * "I found you!! Are you okay?! Hey! That's my jacket!" (to Kuro after reuniting with him)
 * "So you just wanna...keep me safe?"(to Kuro)
 * "No problem.  You don't hafta tell me. I trust you. And I've been there.  Kuro...I'm your  partner. And I'm always   here to help you out. Don't forget that!" (to Kuro after he told Mahiru he can't tell him his secrets)
 * "But why do you and Mikuni always say 'break'...Instead of 'kill'? Some vampires play videogames! And some...even cry  when they feel bad. I saw one slacker vampire...fight to  protect a stranger! Vampires have good sides. Vampires...are my  friends! Thanks for telling me about C3...But humans and vampires don't need reasons to help people!" (to Tsuyuki)
 * "I don't know much about C3  or  vampires. I simply want to...protect  everyone  out there!" (to Tsuyuki and Kuro)

Trivia

 * Mahiru's name is being written in the Kanji 真昼 which translates into "true" and "noon", while Shirota (城田) means "Castle" and "Rise field"
 * The first part of Mahiru's last name Shiro(ta) (城) literally translates into "white", which is supposed to be a contrast to Kuro's name, meaning "black" (クロ)
 * ​His favourite food is Japanese hamburger with grated radish
 * He dislikes rainy days
 * His hobbys are cooking, cleaning and washing
 * His best dish is a thick omelet
 * His favourite subject his Home economics, Sports and Japanese
 * His worst subject is English
 * HIs favourite colour is orange
 * He likes to keep things simple
 * He likes to help people and gives one hundred and ten percent at it, as said by Kuro
 * He wants to become a real partner to Kuro
 * He does very well in sewing
 * He has complete trust in Kuro and cares a lot about him
 * His weapon is a broom, which is ironic because it's simple and he likes cleaning
 * He loves afternoon sales

Mahiru Shirota